Nov. 14—Obscured by the fog of deep time — an incomprehensible 250 million years ago — two organisms formed a pact: a fungus enveloped an algae, protecting the water-dependent organism and allowing it ...

While it isn’t winter yet, we have been getting hints that it is coming — frosty mornings, the bare branches of trees rattling in the wind and the bones of the Earth revealed as the vegetation dies ...

Last Thursday the weather forecast was for some approaching overnight snow. So once again I took a cold walk through our fields. It’s that time of the winter when finding or seeing anything unusual or ...

Mosses and lichens quietly shape the world around us. Hidden in the shaded corners of forests, draped across stone, and even tucked into city sidewalks, mosses and lichens quietly shape the world ...

The tropics, where biodiversity and interactions among species abound, provide an alternative view of relationships between plants and animals and their habitats. Most ecologists like to visit ...

A regrown forest can look tall, lush and green. Restored wetlands can buzz with insects and flutter with birds. But ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Over the winter I re-read Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book “Gathering Moss,” ...

Giovanna Bishop will present her findings on Tuesday Nov. 23. The presentation will be held on Zoom. For more information visit dishmanhills.org/events-list ...